JOS, Nigeria, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Youths dragged people from
their cars and murdered them at illegal roadblocks in central
Nigeria over the weekend, while rioters burned fuel stations and
homes in the latest clashes between Christian and Muslim gangs.

Youths from the mostly Christian Berom ethnic group set up
the roadblocks on Saturday at Gada Biu, on the edge of the city
of Jos, stopping vehicles and pulling out people they believed
to be Muslims, witnesses said.

One witness, who asked not to be named, said he had counted
15 bodies, although the security forces could not confirm this.

The latest burst of violence in Plateau state, where an
estimated 200 people have been killed in ethnic and religious
clashes over the past month, was triggered when Muslim youths
attended a burial ceremony near a Christian village on Friday.
Continued...